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	The Bereaved Parent The Bereaved Parent speaks to all those wo have lived through the experience of the death of a child. It does not console in an unrealistic way - but it tells the truth - and is very reassuring and helpful because of it. Author Harriet Sarnoll Schiff Published by Penguin Books		$20.00 CDN
	SIDS & Infant Death Survival Guide Information & Comfort for Grieving Family & Friends & Professionals Who Seek to Help Them This book is filled with practical and personal advice on enduring the death of a child, recovering from the grief, and keeping the memories alive. It is simply the best book on SIDS available for bereav...		$23.50 CDN
	Help for the Hard Times Getting Through Loss This book is a beginning-a book about loss for people who don''t know much about this complicated and very personal experience. Because loss is such a big part of everyone''s life, it''s important to understand the normal feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated w...		$19.50 CDN
	Waving Goodbye An Activities Manual/Workbook Published by The Dougy Centre for Grieving Children This manual was produced to address the needs of children and teens who are grieving and to help them to work through the healing process.		$49.95 CDN
	What to do When the Police Leave A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss What to do when the Police Leave is filled with simple, frank, and useful advice vital to caregivers and families suffering a traumatic loss. This book is a victim''s voice speaking to victims offering hope in the face of helplessness. The au...		$15.95 CDN
	Remembering Tom Coping with Youth Suicide. Tom was 18 when he killed himself, leaving his family to deal with the anguish of his death. Remembering Tom explores the tragic aftermath of a young man''s suicide and the painful impact on his family. This documentary underscores a family''s grief and bereavem...		$39.95 CDN
	Where is Robert? This book is designed to help you as a parent or friend, help a child cope with death. As the child works through Where is Robert? they will recognize their feelings of grief in the characters. Where Is Robert? allows the child to express themselves by creating a special memory journa...		$18.95 CDN
	Death Turns Allie's Family Upside Down Have you ever wanted a book that would help you discuss the topic of death with your child? What happens during the first few days following the death of a loved one? Join Allie the cat as she watches her family begin to cope with the death of Grandma Jennie. Follow Allie and her family as they hear...		$11.95 CDN
	A Guide for the Bereaved Survivor A List of Reactions, Suggestions and Steps for Coping with Grief This book is for people like you who are thrust into a painful situation and may not be fully aware of the effects of such a devastating event. The authors believe that informing you about the reactions that you may experience, ...		$9.95 CDN
	A Guide to Understanding Guilt during Bereavement Guilt is hiding in the grief closets of many bereaved people. The purpose of this booklet is to open the door and air it out.This book covers Guilt Behaviors which may be Obsessions, Guilt Statements, Inflexible Rituals and others. Types of guilt such as If-Only, Survival, Death Causation and others...		$7.95 CDN
	Understanding Anger During Bereavement Anger is a normal response to loss. This book gives insight into anger in general and your own anger reactions in particular. Some topics discussed: *What is Anger *Anger Insight Survey *The Best Action plan for Anger *Suggestions for Coping with Anger The important message throughout this book is ...		$10.95 CDN
	Widow To Widow Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life by Genevieve Davis Gensburg, M.S. Ms. Ginsburg has written the most useful, practical and compassionate guide to surviving widowhood. This is a must reading for widows and also for their family and friends. This book will equip you with th...		$22.50 CDN
	Reactions: Trauma Homicide A workbook to help young people who are experiencing TRAUMA and GRIEF. PARENT COUNCIL REVIEW: This excellent workbook can help children cope with grief and loss. While this book is primarily designed for use by a therapist or support groups, it can certainly be used by familie...		$13.95 CDN
	Just Us: Homicidal Loss and Grief Just Us, two small words which define the plight and capture the essence of what it feels like to be survivors of murder victims. Wanda identifies three different cycles of mourning when someone you love is murdered: Crisis, Conflict and Commencement. It covers...		$10.95 CDN
	Hard Work Journal A Companion Workbook for Just Us This is a Guided Workbook for Coping with Homicidal Loss and Grief. True healing begins in pain, struggles through confusion and culminates in hope. Mourning the loss of a loved one is not easy and life as you knew it will never be the same. Yet, after healing...		$12.95 CDN
	No Time For Goodbyes Coping with Sorrow, Anger and Injustice After a Tragic Death The author gives hope and useful suggestions to survivors grieving for a loved one killed. Tears will come to your eyes while reading the comments of survivors, but their courageous recoveries from devastating tragedies will inspire...		$16.95 CDN
	Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers How To Cope with Losing Someone You Love If you are a teenager, whose friend or relative has died, this book was written for you. Earl A. Grollman, the award winning author explains what to expect when you lose someone you love. He discusses: *normal reactions to the shock of death, including...		$18.00 CDN
	After Suicide Loss Coping with Your Grief Someone you know or love--a family member, a friend, a colleague at work--has died from suicide. This booklet was written to help you understand some of what you may experience during the next several months. It is not intended to tell you how to feel or what to do. Yo...		$12.95 CDN
	Suicide: Prevention, Intervention and Postvention This book provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs, how to intervene, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. Earl Grollman Published by Centering Corporation		$23.95 CDN
	We were gonna have a baby, but We had an angel instead. Even as you grieve because of the death of your baby, you will also need to help your children confront and manage their own grief over the loss of a sibling. Reading this book with your children can be one way of beginning this process. By Pat Schwiebert		$11.95 CDN
	After a Suicide Published by the Dougy Centre for Grieving Children A Workbook for Grieving Kids. Children who have experienced a death by suicide often feel alone in their grief. Talking about suicide can make family and friends uncomfortable. In this hands-on, interactive workbook, children have an oppor...		$17.95 CDN
	35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child If you know a child who has experienced the death of a parent, caregiver, sibling, grandparent or friend, you may have wondered how to support them. This guidebook presents simple, practical suggestions drawn from the experience of other children and teens about what works and what doesn’t. Learn wh...		$13.95 CDN
	Helping Children Cope with Death This book offers a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of issues facing grieving children and strategies to support them. Helping Children Cope explains how children understand death, how to talk to children about death, grief and other difficult topics, how to know when you need professional help ...		$13.95 CDN
	What About the Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning & Services Should children be allowed to attend a funeral? This guidebook helps parents and caregivers answer difficult questions and support their children and teens before, during and after a funeral or memorial service. Learn how to speak with ...		$13.95 CDN
	Helping the Grieving Student A Guide for Teachers At some point, every teacher will encounter a student who has been affected by a death. This guidebook is an essential resource for elementary, and high school teachers, offering practical tips and step-by-step information about what to say and do (and what NOT to say an...		$13.95 CDN
	When Death Impacts Your School A Guide For School Administrators A key resource of school administrators facing a death or tragedy which impacts students, staff and the community. This guidebook shows how schools can best help their students by talking directly about concerns, allowing expression of grief through memorial...		$13.95 CDN
	After a Murder A Workbook for Grieving Kids The murder of a loved one can be immensely traumatic for children, producing a turmoil of feelings and prolonged grief. They can also feel alone and isolated from their peers. Through the stories, thoughts and feelings of other kids who have experienced a murder,...		$17.95 CDN
	Helping Teens Cope with Death Adolescence is a period of profound changes. When a teen encounters a death, the natural turmoil that comes with being an adolescent is compounded. You will learn how death uniquely impacts teenagers and what you can do to help. This practical guide explains grief responses of teenagers, specific ch...		$13.95 CDN
	Freedom To Choose Written by George Burnell Freedom to Choose: How to Make End-of-Life Decisions on Your Own Terms Dr. Burnell brings a perspective borne of many years of listening carefully to the concerns of patients who deeply crave a measure of control over their final days. The wisdom this listening brou...		$48.95 CDN
	Surviving Death: Stories of Grief Written & directed by Elizabeth Murray. Produced by Gillian Darling KovanicSurviving Death: stories of Grief DVD is about people negotiating a new relationship with life after losing a loved one. Seven people - parents, children, siblings, partners and friends - reveal how they have been a.....		$39.95 CDN
	Grief Comes to Class An Educators Guide by Majel Gliko-Braden The purpose of this book is to assist school personnel, primarily the classroom teacher, in being a positive, significant caregiver for the students.Tthis book is also meant to aid parents of grieving students and to provide help for th estudent as she...		$10.49 CDN
	When Someone Very Special Dies The Drawing Out Series affirms that children can learn to cope with loss and change. Children are given the opportunity to work out their emotions during difficult times while learning to recognize acceptable behavior. Self-esteem increases as the child develops coping skills for loss and cha...		$11.50 CDN
	When Something Terrible Happens The Drawing Out Series affirms that children can learn to cope with loss and change. Children are given the opportunity to work out their emotions during difficult times while learning to recognize acceptable behavior. Self-esteem increases as the child develops coping skills for loss and cha...		$11.50 CDN
	Sam's Dad Died Parenting: Early Reader 8 - 10 This picture book has gentle illustrations and reassuring text to help young children understand the grief process. The author uses descriptive language that would appeal to a grieving child. The book validates both the negative and positive feelings and the behavio...		$11.50 CDN
	Class In Room 44 Parenting: Early Reader 8 - 12. This book is specifically written for students whose classmate has died. The story describes the reactions of children when their friend is killed in a car accident. A perfect resource for teachers or counselors who are helping youngsters deal with this issue. Lyn...		$11.50 CDN
	Suicide Survivors' Handbook A Guide for the Bereaved and Those Who Wish to Help Them. Deals with the question WHY, the shame and guilt, and the anger associated with losing a loved one. Not only should every suicide survivor have this book, but friends and professionals as well. Trudy Carlson		$26.50 CDN
	But I Didn''t Say Goodbye For parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors. A needed book for caregivers, this book has personal stories, questions and answers, and intervention strategies, plus up-to-date resources. Includes a worksheet with helpful discussion questions. Barbara Rubel Published by Gri...		$21.95 CDN
	The Grieving Child A Parent's Guide. Includes visiting the seriously ill child, using age appropriate language, selecting useful books, handling difficult situations such as murder or suicide, and deciding whether a child should attend a funeral. Helen Fitzgerald		$19.95 CDN
	I Am A Survivor Video For caregivers working with families whose loved one completed suicide. Heart-to-heart conversations from others who have experienced the loss of a loved one from suicide. Excellent for those who want to better understand the grief and loss of suicide. (30 min.)		$48.50 CDN
	Homicide Survivors Written by Judie A Bucholz Homicide Survivors: Misunderstood Grievers is a death, value & meaning series. Dr. Judie Bucholz''s personal experience as a survivor of homicide, her rigorous training as a social scientist, and her unbelievable courage in the face of crushing circumstances ...		$45.95 CDN
	Winter's Grief by Donna J. Mann This is a story of a journey - a grief journey, a faith journey. Rev. Dr. Donna Mann is the mother of five children, one deceased. It was through her helping other grieving families struggle for understanding that she concluded her journey must be shared.		$12.00 CDN
	Death Without Notice Written by Sandra Helene Straub When someone you love dies, you wonder if you will survive. Pain and fear washes over you in waves. You feel that you cannot possibly bear it. The death of a loved family member or friend brings a flood of feelings - sorrow, loneliness, abandonment, anger, and ...		$52.95 CDN
	Swallowed by a Snake - The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing By Thomas R. Golden This is a book for men or women about the masculine side of healing from loss. It will help you move through the pain and into a place of healing and transformation.		$17.95 CDN
	What Can I Say and Do? By Kelly Osmont, MSW, LCSW, CGP How to support someone who is grieving a loss. This booklet is meant to be an aid to those who care about someone but are not sure how to help. You will learn that it takes very little to be a big support to someone who is grieving.		$6.45 CDN
	Finding Your Way after Your Parent Dies Hope for Grieving Adults. The author has created a compassionate guide for those struggling with the loss of a parent. He sketches out some of the issues that arise in the wake of a parent''s death and offers practical suggestions for navigating these difficulties. Author Richard B. Gilber...		$12.95 CDN
	And The Passenger Was Death Written by Douglas Daher On June 19, 1999, at 3:00 a.m., Dr. Douglas Daher received a phone call informing him that his twenty-two-year-old son, Andrew, was dead. And the Passenger Was Death: The Drama and Trauma of Losing a Child chronicles this tragedy, from the initial delivery of ...		$39.95 CDN
	When Death Walks In by Mark Scrivani When Death Walks In is for teenagers facing grief. It helps them go through the various stages of grief. Published by Centering Corporation.		$4.99 CDN
	Supports for Supporters A Resource Package for Providing Support to Bereaved Adolescents Written by Purnima Sundar, M.A. The purpose of this resource package is to provide you with some tools with which to provide assistane and support to adolescents. In this package, you will find out Why it is important to attend ...		$10.00 CDN
	Baby Boomers Face Grief Baby Boomers facing bereavement will differ in many significant ways. However, they often have in common the experience of isolation and of being unable discuss this openly. Chapters deal with how death affects the individual, his or her relationships, as well as how societal attitudes can worsen th...		$19.95 CDN
	Grieving Reproductive Loss The Healing Process Kathleen Gray and Anne Lassance One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage; one in eighty pregnancies in stillbirth. As many as one in six couples experience problems of infertility. In the United States over one million elective abortions are performed each year; in Can...		$59.95 CDN
	Responding To Loss A Resource for Caregivers by Adolf Hansen Everyone experiences loss, and learning how to respond to loss is crucial. That’s what this book is about. It analyzes attachments, breaks in attachments, and responses to the change. It makes sense of the processes people go through when confronted...		$49.95 CDN
	Military Widow by Joanne M. Steen and M. Regina Asaro This survival guide for widows of service personnel, a first-of-its-kind, tackles the unique and complex issues arising from the death of a spouse in the military. It speaks to loss in each of the service branches, across the span of rank and rates, ...		$23.95 CDN
	When a Child has been Murdered Ways you can help the Grieving Parents. Written by Bonnie Hunt Conrad A guide for those who know or work with parents whose child has been murdered, and for parents themselves. After a general discussion of types of grief, specifics of murdered-child grief are discussed including emotions fel...		$56.95 CDN
	Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death by Robert G. Stevenson and Gerry R. Cox This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions d...		$69.95 CDN
	Mother Care Written by Sherokee Ilse, Inez Anderson, Mary Funk This twenty page booklet is a guide for teaching new mothers how to care for themselves after their baby dies. Its main focus is the physical area of healing, but emotional and spiritual aspects are also discussed in some depth. Hospitals...		$4.50 CDN
	Grieving Grandparents Written by Sherokee Ilse, Lori Leininger An exploration of the complicated loss grandparents feel as they try to comfort and support their children and grieve for their grandchild. Sensitively written with quotes from grandparents.		$4.00 CDN
	Empty Cradle, Broken Heart Written by Deborah L Davis, PH.D. Offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death		$21.50 CDN
	After the Loss of Your Baby Written by Connie Nykiel For teen mothers. Gives information about greif and the grief process, medical definitions, the baby''s father, friends and family, grandparents, knowing when you''re ready, answers to frequently asked questions; includes a resource page.		$4.50 CDN
	Stillbirth - yet still born Written by Deborah L. Davis, PH.D Stillbirth is when a baby is born with no sign of life. Some stillborn babies have died well before delivery, and others die as they make their way into the world. This book gives the three basic reasons why babies are born still and help through the grievin...		$10.50 CDN
	HUGS by Christine Dernederlanden A Workbook to help young children express their grief through art therapy, crafts, music, dance, poetry and play therapy. The sessions included in this book can run consecutively or can be used as stand-alone sessions. Each session is outlined and contains clear s...		$52.95 CDN
	A Grand Parents Sorrow Grandparents suffer a double loss.By Pat Schwiebert, RNYour child is grieving and so are you. Included in this booklet are suggestions on how grandparents can help themselves as they grieve, how to better understand their child during this difficult time, and how to hold close the precious .....		$3.50 CDN
	Get Over It Written by Audrey Stringer In Get Over It you will learn to survive your grief and live again. Sometimes the pain of losing a loved one can be overwhelming. You may wonder if you''ll ever heal and live a full life again. Audrey Stringer understand these feelings better than most. She ...		$19.95 CDN
	Sibling Grief Healing After the Death of a Sister or Brother written by P. Gill White, Ph.D P. Gill White has done an outstanding job of writing on a much-needed subject within the bereavement community, sibling grief. Dr. White''s insights and experiences as both a bereaved sibling herself and as a sibli...		$16.95 CDN
	Living When A Loved One Has Died Written by Earl A. Grollman It is impossible to comprehend the intense anguish of loss - until death comes to someone you love. With the death of a loved one, you feel that part of you has died,too. You fear that your pain will last forever. This book is written for you - to help you understa...		$14.00 CDN
	Thank You For Coming To Say Goodbye Parent Council Review: All parents should read this book before they need the advice it offers. At the time of a death there are too many details demanding attention, and emotions are strained. If you have read this booklet, you will have thought about how children need to be considered in the plann...		$9.95 CDN
	Life Interrupted Life Interrupted Your Guide - Understanding People in Crisis The author offers real-life examples, skill-building information and practical tools to prepare business leaders, employees, and generally each and everyone of us to help ourselves and others through life''s interruptions. Autho...		$19.95 CDN
	Sibling Grief How Parents can help the child whose brother or sister has died written by Marcia G. Scherago, M.S.W.,L.C.S.W When Marcia''s son died, she was overwhelmed with grief. Her other son Michael had lost a brother and was grieving too. Marcia learned a lot about grief and it is her hope to pass on...		$4.50 CDN
	Standing Beside You Standing Beside You by Linda K. Maurer is written for all parents as well as friends of grieving parents. Her insightful thoughts and hopefilled words are tremendously beneficial for all who must travel over the uncharted waters of grief. She is all too familiar with grief and the grieving pr...		$18.95 CDN
	Never The Same Coming to terms with the death of a parent. Written by Donna Schuurman The death of a parent during childhood is a pivotal life event that influences a person forever: you are never the same. But for too long, the specific needs of grieving children and the long-term effects of this loss hav...		$17.95 CDN
	A Tiny Boat at Sea How to help children who have a parent diagnosed with cancer Written by Izetta Smith, M.A. This book talks about telling the truth, explaining cancer, how to discuss cancer and the possibility of dying, showing feelings, school, and developmental stages for children facing the illness...		$11.95 CDN
	I Wasn't Ready To Say Goodbye I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye written by Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PH.D Each year about eight million people suffer the death of a close family member. From the outside publicized tragedies there are many families and individuals that are suffering behond closed doors in our neighbourhood...		$21.95 CDN
	Surviving Trauma & Tragedy Lessons for Future Physicians & Health Professionals. A Presentation from the Michigan Victim Alliance. 82 minutes Victims of violence often feel shame, self-blame and rejection. Some develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; a psychological wounding that is oftentimes unrecognized and misunder...		$50.00 CDN
	A Widow's Awakening Written by Maryanne Pope Eight years in the making, this extraordinary-and true-story of soul mates, saints, saviours, suicide and safety in the workplace charts a young woman's emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual journey through the first year of grief after the on-duty death of...		$23.95 CDN
	The Death of an Adult Child A book for and about Bereaved Parents written by Jeanne Webster Blank This new work addresses the phenomenon of parental grief in general, emphasizing the experiences of parents of children who died at the ages of eighteen and over. The author wrote this work because she needed help in dealing with ...		$85.95 CDN